Fragments of the State Winter 2005 Winter 2005Middle East Report 237 examines the question of whether democratization in the Middle East will be accompanied by the strengthening of ethnic and religious identities. Table of Contents Starter From the Editor (Winter 2005) The Editors Articles Experiments in Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Religious Democracy Vickie Langohr Articles Communalism and Thwarted Aspirations of Iraqi Citizenship Sami Zubaida Articles The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq Roel Meijer Articles The Iraq Effect in Saudi Arabia Toby Jones Articles Hizballah After the Syrian Withdrawal Joseph Alagha Articles 'Ajamis in Lebanon Roschanack Shaery Articles The Ethnic Question in Iran Kaveh Bayat Special Reports Crime and Punishment on Israel's Demographic Frontier Jonathan Cook Reviews Masoud Arang Keshavarzian Reviews Editor's Picks (Winter 2005) The Editors Articles States of Fragmentation in North Africa Paul Silverstein